Adventure

Genre: Slight Fiction

You call and say you want to go on adventure and I think we met on Thursday and it’s Sunday and isn’t that a little early for an adventure? but I meet you and instead of hello you say you are happy I’m not ugly because you were very drunk on Thursday and couldn’t remember. I’m not sure if ‘not ugly’ means I’m attractive, and I think I find you attractive, but it’s hard to tell because I guess was drunk on Thursday too and here on this street it’s too dark to tell. So you say you hate New York style pizza and then look at me. Silence. And I say I’m sorry and look at you. Silence. And it’s starting to get awkward but then I see this is part of the adventure so we start walking and look for a real Italian restaurant. So we find one and I’m not sure how and it’s empty and quiet and no we’re alone. I sit across from you and we look at each other for a long time. Then you talk and I’m not listening because now I know I’m attracted to you and it’s sort of distracting because I’m usually not attracted to anyone except myself. Then you stop talking and I see that you’ve asked me a question and are waiting for me to respond. I say I’m sorry but I was distracted and you ask by what and I say you look like someone, which is true, but it’s not what I was thinking. Then we start to talk again and this time I listen for fear of embarrassing myself but I’m surprised because I’m actually interested in what you’re saying. We eat and talk and eat and talk and the meal is over and it was good but not as good as it really is, it’s better because you’re better. So we leave and put on our coats and it’s cold outside and you ask what’s next. I don’t know, I say and you ask if there’s anywhere I really want to go and haven’t. There’s lots of places I want to go but haven’t but that’s because I’m poor and it cost money to go anywhere in this city. But then I remember this courtyard to this building that looks really beautiful and I tell you about it and before I’m even done you take my hand and start walking in that direction. I’m not even sure how you know where you’re going because I didn’t say where it was but somehow you know what courtyard I’m talking about and after a few minutes of walking we’re standing in front of the gates. They’re locked and I say oh well but you say no way and now you’re climbing. I say no way and you say come on and suddenly we’re inside. It’s quiet and nice and you’re quiet and nice and we kiss for just a second before you take my hand again and we’re walking around. After a little while and when I don’t even know where I am anymore someone shines a flashlight at us and we run. Then somehow, I’m not sure how, we’re on the street and we’re laughing and kissing and still holding hands and you say wanna smoke and I do. So we walk to your building, this old hotel, and we’re in the elevator and talking and then we’re inside where it’s warm and then we’re outside on your balcony and smoking. We smoke and laugh and smoke and kiss and I’m so stoned I think I might fall over and you say it’s not over yet. So we go to the street and it’s freezing and we bundle each other and I’m not sure where my arms end and yours begin and I can feel every bone under your skin while we walk to Duncan Donuts. Then we’re inside and I say I don’t have any money and you say me either and before I can turn to leave you start talking to the man behind the counter and then we’re outside eating the donuts you argued out of him. So then we sit on a stoop and we wrap around each other and we kiss and I say it’s funny because it’s not the first time and you said you know because we kissed a lot tonight and I say no, I was talking about Thursday when we met and we were drunk and we kissed and exchanged numbers. You say it’s funny but not really, because now a lot has happened and we might even be in love. And I say what time is it and you say it’s five and I don’t say anything. But then I realize that you meant it was five in the morning and our adventure started at five in the evening and it’s been twelve hours and I didn’t even notice because your adventure had taken me somewhere I’d never been before.